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#Trump administration moves to overrule state laws protecting credit reports from #medicaldebt
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Public health data has been disrupted under Trump. Here's what's at risk. Public health professionals rely on federally maintained data to track disease trends, assess risk factors, and design interventions. Beginning in late January, datasets central to this work started t...

“If knowledge is power, then losing it is disempowerment. Public data belongs to the people, and efforts like the Data Rescue Project, CDC Restored, and grassroots archivists are fighting to reclaim and preserve it.” ht @datarescueproject.org www.healthbeat.org/2025/09/04/t...

#AI is definitely biased. I am working on integrating AI into my application. Tested a few and it is clear that developers code in a tunnel. None of them have relatives or acquaintances that are disabled. #ADA requirements should be coded into any half decent AI application. Send me your ideas here

#AI is definitely biased. I am working on integrating AI into my application. Tested a few and it is clear that developers code in a tunnel. None of them have relatives or acquaintances that are disabled. #ADA requirements should be coded into any half decent AI application. Send me your ideas here

AI Equity Council, a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit, Launches End-of-Year Drive to Support the Disabled AI Equity Council, a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit, Launches End-of-Year Drive to Support the Disabled. Donations will directly support projects such as the development of AI-powered assistive technologies for ...

AI Equity Council, a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit, Launches End-of-Year Drive to Support the Disabled
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if a disabled person has a fundraiser this holiday season, for whatever it is, if you have the means, give them $5. We always say that we want to help people, well, disabled people need your help. Disabled people are under-employed, many are living in poverty and so much more. Help them out.

#tip ChatGPT does not have an interface for #signlanguage. #AI is not addressing that issue yet.

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AI + Learning Differences Hackathon • Stanford Accelerator for Learning New Horizons, New Solutions

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RSVP to AI + Learning Differences - Hackathon | Partiful Join Us for the AI + Learning Differences Hackathon! Get ready to be part of a one-day hackathon dedicated to transforming education for learners with disabilities through the power of AI. Hosted by ...

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AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias Kyra Wilson, left, University of Washington doctoral student in the Information School and Aylin Caliskan, a UW assistant professor in the iSchool. (UW

#geekwire - #AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias
#Blackmen fared the worst with the models preferring other candidates nearly 100% of the time.
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Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 | CNN Business Russia is seeking an unfathomable sum of money from one of the world’s biggest tech companies.

#CNN - #Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
#Google reportedly owes the #Kremlin more than 2 undecillion rubles — a 2 followed by 36 zeroes — after refusing to pay fines that are now accruing for blocking pro-Russian channels on #YouTube.
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British man sentenced to 18 years for using AI to make child sexual abuse imagery A British man who used artificial intelligence to create images of child abuse was sent to prison for 18 years.

#apnews #British man sentenced to 18 years for using AI to make child #sexual abuse imagery
Nelson took commissions from people in online chatrooms for custom explicit images of children being harmed both sexually and physically.
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ChatGPT can be tricked into telling people how to commit crimes, a tech firm finds | CNN Business ChatGPT can be duped into providing detailed advice on how to commit crimes ranging from money laundering to the export of weapons to sanctioned countries, a tech startup found, raising questions over...

#cnn #ChatGPT can be tricked into telling people how to commit crimes, a tech firm finds
ChatGPT produced lists of methods to help businesses evade #sanctions, such as those against #Russia, including bans on certain cross-border payments and the sale of arms.
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An AI chatbot pushed a teen to kill himself, a lawsuit against its creator alleges A Florida mother is suing a tech company over an AI chatbot that she says pushed her son to kill himself.

#apnews - An AI chatbot pushed a teen to kill himself, a lawsuit against its creator alleges
Character.AI allows users to create customizable characters or interact with those generated by others, spanning experiences from imaginative play to mock job interviews.
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Fearless Fund: Diversity funds and Black founders feel chill Just weeks after a U.S. appeals court blocked a Black-owned venture capitalist from funding women-of-color-led businesses, the ruling has had a chilling effect across the small industry of diversity-focused venture capital funds, according to founders, investors and lawyers who spoke to Reuters.

@reuters - #FearlessFund: Diversity funds and Black founders feel chill
Diversity-focused funds were created to level the playing field for communities who were historically excluded from services, employment & funding opportunities before the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Women in AI: Brandie Nonnecke of UC Berkeley says investors should insist on responsible AI practices | TechCrunch To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved -- and overdue -- time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of

@techcrunch.com - Women in AI: #BrandieNonnecke of UC #Berkeley says investors should insist on responsible #AI practices
Nonnecke hosts a video and podcast series, #TecHype, that analyzes emerging tech policies, regulations and laws
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LLMs exhibit significant Western cultural bias, study finds Georgia Tech researchers introduce CAMeL, a benchmark revealing significant Western cultural bias in AI language models, emphasizing the need for culturally-aware AI systems.

@venturebeats | #LLMs exhibit significant Western cultural bias, study finds
The findings, published on #arXiv, raise concerns about the cultural fairness and appropriateness of these powerful #AI systems as they are deployed globally.
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Microsoft invests in startup Mistral AI, outlines broader AI principles Microsoft announced a series of principles for AI development and deployment, and an investment in Mistral AI.

@geekwire - #Microsoft invests in startup #MistralAI, outlines broader #AI principles
Mistral AI will be able to train and deploy its AI models via Microsoft’s data centers, and Microsoft will make Mistral AI’s models available to customers through its #Azure cloud service.
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